Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett is an American singer, writer, dancer, actress and comedian.^[1] She is notable for her stage^[2] and television acting. She began her career in New York. She had her own television program: The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978 on CBS).^[3] Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1933.

Burnett has won many awards. These include six Emmy Awards, five Golden Globes and a Tony.

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Burnett (left) and her sister Chrissie on Person to Person, 1961
Hollywood Pacific Theatre in 2010, site of Burnett's star
1961 cast photo from The Garry Moore Show. From left to right: Garry Moore, Burnett, and Durward Kirby.
Burnett and Larry Blyden from The Garry Moore Show, 1960
The Bob Mackie–designed curtain dress worn by Burnett in the Went with the Wind! sketch, housed at the Smithsonian Institution
On the left, cast members in 1967 (clockwise from the bottom): Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. On the right, the 1977 cast: Burnett, Tim Conway, Lawrence and Korman.
Burnett, as her well-known charwoman character, gets a hand from guest star Rita Hayworth in 1971.
Publicity photo of Carol Burnett
Dolly Parton with Burnett in 1980
President Barack Obama with Burnett and her husband Brian Miller in the Oval Office in 2013